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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. G. W'. MASON. Childs Carriage.

Patented Oct. 19, 1880.

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G W MASON O'hilds Carriage.

Patented oct. 19, 1880.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MASON, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CHILDS CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,362, dated October 19, 1880,

Application filed September 3, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern Beit known that I, GEORGE W. MAsoN, of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvenients in Childrens Garriages, of which the .following is a specification.

My invention relates, iirst, to an adjustable top or canopy consisting of two parts connected by a central flexible section, and supported on separate standards hinged independently to main supporting-standards, as hereinafter described, so that the top or canopy may be extended or contracted in length, and may be either fixed in horizontal position or inclined either forward or backward, as hereinafter explained.

The invention further relates to the com bination, with a divided top or canopy and flexible connecting-section, of rigid supportin g-standards, supplemental standards hinged thereto, and segmental slotted brackets, and clamp-screws for the fixing of the supplemental standards in any desired position, as hereinafter described. l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of a carriage illustrating my improvement, the top or canopyT being extended to its full length and inclined backward. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the top, with the two parts of the canopy connected and xed in horizontal position, also showing the side curtains half extended. Fig. 3 is a side View, showing the canopy extended and thrown forward and the side curtains completely extended, so as to form a practically close top.

The running-gear A and bed or bodyB may be of customary construction. O represents one of two rigid standards iixed to the body.

D is a supplemental standard, hinged at d to the top of the rigid standard C, and provided with a bracket, E, which may form a segment of ninety degrees or one hundred and eighty degrees, more or less, as preferred, and is provided with a segmental slot, c, for the reception of a clamp-screw, F, which, being tapped into a threaded socket prepared for it in the standard O, fixes the supplemental standard D in any position in which it may be set.

G is a second supplemental standard, hinged independently upon the same pivot d, so as to be adjustable relatively to the standard D.

These parts being preciselythe same on each side of the carriage, the description of one side will suiice to render the entire construction clear.

To each of the supplemental standards D and G one part of the divided canopy H H is attached, as shown in Fig. 1.

I represents a flexible web or section extending between the parts H H of the canopy, permitting them to be extended, as shown in Figs. l and 3, or to be brought t0- gether, as illustrated in Fig. 2, in which position the iiexible section I is folded within the top, while the two parts H H are in one plane and are fixed together by hooks and eyes J K.

The straight top or canopy thus produced, as illustrated in Fig. 2, may be fixed in horizontal position, as here shown, or inclined either forward or backward, as desired. In like manner the extended canopy may be inclined backward, as shown in Fig. l, so as to have the effect of an open-front calash top, or may be inclined forward, as illustrated in Fig. 3, to produce a nearly-closed front for protection from sun or Weather, and, by the addition of side curtains and the customary back curtain, to form a practically close top.

My improved side curtains are shown at L in Fig. 2 permanently attached to the rear member, H, of the canopy, within which they may be completely folded when not in use, so as to be concealed by the side fringe, M. These curtains are formed with extensions L', which, when not in use, are folded within the side curtains, L, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and may be folded or rolled up therewith, and when inA use are secured by buttons to the movable section H of the canopy, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what lclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A top or canopy made in two parts, relatively adjustable or capable of independent movement, and, connected by a iiexible section or web, to admit of the extension or contraction of the top, as explained.

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2. The combination of the divided top H described, to adapt them for use in either the H', connecting-web I. standards C, suppleextended or folded condition of the web I, as ro mental standards D G, hinged thereto, segexplained.

mental slots` e, and clamp-screws F,as and for v 5 the purpose set forth. G' W MASON 3. The combination, with the divided can- Vitnesses: opy H H', connectingweb I, and standards OCTAVIUS KNIGHT, U D G, of the side curtains, L, constructed as HARRY E. KNIGHT. t 

